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Springfield Area Transit Co Inc401(k)

TRANSIT EMPLOYEES 401K PLAN · SPRINGFIELD, MA · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.48%

Peer grade: C+ · admin costs + employer contributions vs same-size plans · how grading works

Springfield Area Transit Co Inc reported $34,946 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.48% of average plan assets, below the peer median. Employer contributions averaged $0 per active participant. This ratio covers administrative expenses reported on the plan's Schedule H only; fund-level expense ratios are not included in public structured data — see methodology.

Across the 2 years on file its reported administrative ratio fell from 0.67% to 0.48%. The plan sits in the $1M–$10M size bracket, benchmarked here against 18,840 comparable plans and shown alongside other transportation & warehousing employers. By assets it is among the smaller plans on file in Massachusetts (2,102nd of 2,726), and 1,361st of 2,677 in transportation & warehousing.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$7,399,088
Participants with balances163
Active participants313
Employer contributions$0
Employee contributions$436,037
Employer contribution per active participant$0
Average account balance$45,393
Benefits paid to participants$855,656
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
AuditorMEYERS BROTHERS KALICKA PC
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$7.4M · 163 accts
2023$7.2M · 162 accts
2022$7.3M · 157 accts
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$34,946
Total administrative$34,946
The Springfield Area Transit Co Inc 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$0
Median for plans this size$1,313

Springfield Area Transit Co Inc's 2024 employer contribution ran below the $1,313 median for plans its size, in the bottom quarter of its peers. Filings report dollars actually contributed, not the match formula; the formula itself (for example, 50% of the first 6% of pay) lives in the plan's summary plan description from HR.

What these fees cost you

Annual cost at the plan's reported 2024 administrative ratio, against the median plan its size; fund expense ratios are extra. Compare any plan.

Service providers · 20244
MERRILL LYNCH PIERCE FENNER & SMITH · Investment advisory (plan)$17,163
PASI, LLC · Contract administrator$2,185
EMPOWER ADVISORY GROUP, LLC · Investment management$882

Compensation shown is direct payments from plan assets reported on Schedule C. Providers paid through fund revenue-sharing appear as indirect.

Administrative cost history3
2024$34,946 · 0.48%
2023$32,444 · 0.45%
2022$46,272 · 0.67%
Same employer
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Cape Cod Express, LLC MA$14.3M · 0.12%
Roberts Energy, LLC MA$7.0M · 0.59%
Aa Transportation, Inc. MA$6.3M · 1.23%

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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 043572241 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.